Mendeleyevsk (russian: Менделе́евск; tt-Cyrl, Менделеевск) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Mendeleyevsky District in the

Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

, located on the right bank of Nizhnekamskoye Reservoir, from the republic's capital of

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...

. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 22,075.

History

It was founded as the '' selo'' of Bondyuga () in the 18th century.''Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan'', p. 188 It was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status and renamed Bondyuzhsky () in 1928. In 1967, it was granted town status and given its present name after

Dmitry Mendeleyev Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (sometimes transliterated as Mendeleyev or Mendeleef) ( ; russian: links=no, Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев, tr. , ; 8 February Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._27_January.html" ;"title="O ...

, who visited the factory there.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mendeleyevsk serves as the

of Mendeleyevsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.Order #01-02/9 As a municipal division, the

of Mendeleyevsk is incorporated within Mendeleyevsky Municipal District as Mendeleyevsk Urban Settlement.Law #29-ZRT

Economy

As of 1997, industrial enterprises in the town included a chemical plant, a bakery, and a fertilizer factory. Begishevo, the nearest airport, is located south of Mendeleyevsk. The nearest railway station is Tikhonovo on the

Agryz Agryz (russian: Агры́з; tt-Cyrl, Әгерҗе, ''Ägerce'') is a town and the administrative center of Agryzsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Izh River (Volga's basin), east of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census ...

–Akbash line, to the south.

Demographics

As of 1989, the population was ethnically mostly

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

(48.5%),

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

(43.6%), Udmurt (2.4%), and Mari (2.1%).

Notable people

Kapiton Ushkov Kapiton Yakovlevich Ushkov ( rus, Капитон Ушков) (1813–1868) was a Russian serf who became a major chemical industrialist in Tatarstan. He was born in Bonduga, a village near Yelabuga, in Tatarstan. Bonduga was subsequently renamed ...

(1813–1868), a serf who became a major chemical industrialist

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=November 2012 Cities and towns in Tatarstan Populated places on the Kama River Yelabuzhsky Uyezd